Back to the 1930’s: Prince Charles has issued a warning over the “rise of populism”

Back to the 1930’s: Prince Charles has issued a warning over the “rise of populism”

“My parents’ generation fought and died in a battle against intolerance, monstrous extremism and inhuman attempts to exterminate the Jewish population of Europe.” Citing UN statistics, he added that a “staggering” 65.3 million people abandoned their homes in 2015 — 5.8 million more than the year before. “The suffering doesn’t end when they arrive seeking…

Populist authoritarianism becomes more …popular worldwide

Populist authoritarianism becomes more …popular worldwide

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/03/11/its-not-just-trump-authoritarian-populism-is-rising-across-the-west-heres-why/?utm_term=.2008d1efbdfc Here’s why. Populist authoritarianism can best be explained as a cultural backlash in Western societies against long-term, ongoing social change. Over recent decades, the World Values Survey shows that Western societies have been getting gradually more liberal on many social issues, especially among the younger generation and well-educated middle class. That includes egalitarian attitudes…